Jackson Lawyer Seeks Molestation-trial Delay

The Nation - In Brief

December 21, 2004

SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- A lawyer for Michael Jackson urged a judge Monday to delay the pop star's child-molestation trial, claiming prosecutors had "sandbagged" the defense team by turning over incorrect and misspelled witness names. The defense asked for a three-month postponement to sort through 14,000 pages of evidence filed by prosecutors in the past two months. The trial is currently scheduled to start Jan. 31.